Post #649297 by Tipsy McStagger on Thu, Aug 23, 2012 4:28 PM

true, some tikis went for under $500 but nothing i was interested in. (if those cheaper tikis were actually from the palmer house I might have considered it) You also have to keep in mind the additional expenses- here's an example:

If you bought a tiki at $700 you would also have to add:

• $168 (24% auction fee assuming you bid online or else it was 22% if you showed up to bid in person)
• $100 - $300 or so (shipping) depending on where it was going.
  = $968 - $1,168 total

if you weren't buying it out of state, you paid an additional 9.5% state sales tax

$ 700 is a good price if you can buy it at a flea market or estate sale for $700 ( providing that it's actually a vintage tiki with provenance) - it's all the add-ons that really make it not worth it, at least to me.

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2012-08-23 16:30 ]